diff --git a/radio/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp b/radio/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp
index 7609c1d93..45a30e5a9 100644
--- a/radio/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp
+++ b/radio/src/eeprom_rlc.cpp
@@ -282,6 +282,28 @@ void eepromFormat()
 
 bool eepromOpen()
 {
+#if 0
+  ALERT("!!START!!", "START", AU_ERROR);
+
+  static uint16_t mybuffer[2048];
+
+  for (int i=0; i<2048; i++) {
+    mybuffer[i] = i;
+  }
+
+  eepromWriteBlock((uint8_t *)mybuffer, 0, sizeof(mybuffer));
+
+  eepromReadBlock((uint8_t *)mybuffer, 0, sizeof(mybuffer));
+
+  for (int i=0; i<2048; i++) {
+    if (mybuffer[i] != i) {
+      ALERT("!!ERROR!!", "ERROR", AU_ERROR);
+    }
+  }
+
+  ALERT("!!OK!!", "OK", AU_ERROR);
+#endif
+
   eepromReadBlock((uint8_t *)&eeFs, 0, sizeof(eeFs));
 
 #ifdef SIMU